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A book from the University of Machinists. Everything they learn is compiled into books like this one in an attempt to teach others and improve the…
A book from the University of Machinists. Everything they learn is compiled into books like this one in an attempt to teach others and improve the world.
Book is an item and the most common of the Research Artifacts in Kenshi. It is used at a Research Bench for researching various Technologies.
Books can be purchased at Adventure Traders, Construction Traders, Hive Traders, Trade Goods Traders in nearly all settlements, as well as from Wandering Caravans.
They can be looted frequently from Ancient Labs, Ancient Tech Lab, Burn's Tower, Dust King Tower, Lost Libraries, Post-Ancient Workshop, Spider Nests, and World's End, and infrequently from Dust Bandit Camps, Holy Mine Ruin, Suspicious Lab, Tiny Settlement. They can also often be found and stolen from inside houses throughout various towns. You need a total of 306 books to research everything.
Stats
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Avg. Price | 300 Cats |
| Size | 2x2 wide/tall |
| Weight | 1 kg |
Where to buy
| Vendor | Settlements |
|---|---|
| Adventurer Mechanical Shop | Black Scratch, Flats Lagoon, Waystation, World's End |
| Black Market Bar | Rebel Base, The Hub, Heft (conditional), Heng (conditional), Stoat (conditional) |
| Empire General Shop | Heft, Heng, Sho-Battai, Stoat, Blister Hill |
| Empire Mechanical Shop | Clownsteady, Drifter's Last, Catun, Stoat, Sho-Battai, Bark, Heng, Heft |
| General Shop | Admag, Bark, Catun, Clownsteady, Drifter's Last, Last Stand, Mongrel, Squin, Bad Teeth, Stack |
| Holy General Shop | Bad Teeth, Blister Hill, Stack |
| Holy Mechanical Shop | Bad Teeth, Blister Hill, Stack |
| Mercenary Travel Gear | Manhunter Base (conditional) |
| Mongrel Robotics Workshop | Mongrel |
| Mongrel Tech Workshop | Mongrel |
| Robotics Workshop | Black Scratch, Heft, Heng, Waystation |
| Ronin Mechanical Shop | Clownsteady (conditional), Drifter's Last (conditional) |
| Scraphouse | Scraphouse |
| Shark Big Shop | Shark |
| Swamp General Shop | Mud Town, Shark |
| Tech Hunter Shop | Black Scratch, Mourn, Spring, Stoat, Free Settlement |
| Travel and Repairs Shop | Flats Lagoon, World's End, Blister Hill |
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